[QuadList] From the TR 800 Crypt--Questions seeking answers

[Scott Thomas]

I have found the discussion on the TR-800 to be fascinating. Thank you!

I had forgotten ISI in the discussion of possible TBC manufactures in Florida for the TR-800.

ISI was based in Gainesville, FL like Vital and was later named Intergroup. I worked at the Fox affiliate in Cape Coral, where they had both a Intergroup Master Control switcher and a small production board that was soon replaced with a GVG-200.

I also had some donated ISI distribution amps at my high school. Imagine my surprise when I realized that I didn't need to loop video through a tape deck or monitor to get it somewhere else! :)

I'll see if I can find the link, but I found a webpage years ago that was filled with comments from (former) Vital SqueezeZoom users. Some neat stories there on just how quirky they were. I'll see if I can relocate it.


Scott Thomas

On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:

> 
> 		On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:06 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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> > Vital filled a niche in switcher needs when GVG and others were too costly. The Squeeze Zoom was revolutionary, being used in many a music video in the early era of MTV style effects.
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> 		I offer:
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> 	A station I worked at, WIS-TV in Columbia, SC had a Vital switcher (one of Vital's first) in 1975:
> 		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557719816/>
> 
> 			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> 	  					NBC Today Show, New York
> 
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